Pharmacist · Traverse City, MI
Pharmacist in Traverse City: $5,146/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Traverse City at $143,050 a year. About 150 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $119,310 and the 90th is $171,570. Pay ranks 138th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,399/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,146 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 213 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,146
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$143,050
$119,310 to $171,570
Rent (1 bd)
$1,399
$1,666 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
138th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $143,050.
- Taxes$3,483
- Rent$1,399
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$5,146
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $143,050
- Federal income tax
- −$23,579
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,943
- State income tax (MI)
- −$5,842
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,431
- Take-home pay
- $101,256
- Effective tax rate
- 29.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,399
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,292
Left over each month
$11,921 gross, minus $3,483 in tax and $3,292 in living costs.
$5,146
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ann Arbor, $6,408/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Traverse City?
$143,050 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Traverse City?
$5,146 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,399, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 213 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Traverse City.